''Opposite Day'' is a 2009 American

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starring Billy Unger,

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, and

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, written by

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. It was released in November 7, 2009.

Plot

When young Samuel Benson ( Billy Unger) gets embarrassed that parents are making rules, he starts to wish that kids ruled the world. Sammy is told by his grandmother (

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) before sleep that he can wish to a wishing star, he wishes one wish: "I wish that kids rule the world." But when Sammy and his sister find a surprising secret, the whole world has changed. All adults act like young children, and children become the important people of the world. Businesses, restaurants, gardens, stations and all other jobs are run by kids. So now it is up to Samuel and his sister Carla to figure out how to change the world back. Toddlers are acting like old people. Then Jack Benson (

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), Sammy's grandfather, accidentally runs into a stop sign, he sees a little kid in an officer costume and he gets confused. So Sammy's and Carla's grandparents get arrested and Sammy understands not to make that wish again. So they find their parents acting like children. The next day, Carla's best friend Sue calls her at her house where Carla did not know she had a presentation which almost got her mother fired. She performs very well on the presentation. While Sammy sends the children to school, he went to the laboratory where Chaz has an evil plan to mystify the whole world where Carla and Sammy work together to stop him and they convince him not to do that and they change the world back to normal. Sammy and Carla go on a family vacation where their grandparents are still arrested.

Cast

* Billy Unger as Samuel "Sammy" Benson, a nine-year-old boy with a crazy wish that can change the world forever. Ignoring his sister's advice, he makes his wish come true. *

as Carla Benson, Sammy's eight-year-old sister. She is always looking up to her brother Sammy. Even though Sammy always gets her into trouble, Carla loves him. *

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as Chaz Larrabee, Sammy's best friend and the son of Dr. Godfrey Larrabee who wants kids to rule the world forever but is stopped by Carla. He is the main antagonist of the film. *

as Robert Benson, Sammy and Carla's father *

as Jack Benson, Sammy and Carla's grandfather *

George Wendt George Robert Wendt Jr. (October 17, 1948 – May 20, 2025) was an American actor. Wendt was best known for playing Norm Peterson on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' from 1982 to 1993, which earned him six consecutive nominations for the Primetime Em ...

as Corporate Executive *Kristen Combs as Sue, Carla's best friend, the one who forced her to do a presentation for her client * Nadji Jeter as Jasper, Sammy's best friend, who also works in a police station *Colleen Crabtree as Denise Benson, Sammy and Carla's mother *

as Martha Benson, Sammy and Carla's grandmother *

as the seemingly mad scientist, Dr. Godfrey Larrabee * Bradley Steven Perry as Security Guard * Bridger Palmer as Security Guard * Rico Rodriguez as Janitor * Atticus Shaffer as Detective *Will Shadley as Security Guard # 3

Release

''Opposite Day'' was released in November 7, 2009, and was directed by R. Michael Givens and written by

. Its estimated budget is $1

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million.

References

External links

* * 2009 comedy films 2009 films American comedy films Crystal Sky Pictures films Films about wish fulfillment 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{2000s-US-film-stub